White & Hispanic Catholics Differ On Their Views Of Global Warming Like Night & Day

Mother And Daughter Look At Pollution Spewing Into The Air

Posted by Nathan Glover | World Religion News - Oct. 10, 2015

Recently, Pope Francis addressed the issue of climate change in an encyclical that
was released in June, putting out a spiritual call to action for the world to look at its practices
and question ease of the moment over long term survival on this planet. Many of his comments left
many Catholics uneasy, particularly right-wing American Catholics, as it questioned the morals of
many of their political values against the tenets of their faith.

The Public Religion Research Institute conducted a research survey with many American Catholics
about their views of climate change ahead of the Pope’s encyclical, in partnership with the American
Academy of Religion. Together, the PRRI and AAR published a story on the PRRI’s site with the five
key findings that the results of their research survey made clear.

What makes the PRRI / AAR’s key findings genuinely interesting is that the piece is written in
a way that focuses only on the data, resulting in an unbiased viewpoint that allows the reader to make
their own conclusions as to what the cause of these findings might be. Each of the findings compare the
responses from white Catholics to Hispanic Catholics, resulting in some very interesting and telling
statistics about not only the views of American Catholics on climate change, but also the differences
between the Hispanic and white Catholic communities in America.